POSSIBLY MAYBE
CONTINGENCY IN A CUP:
Possibly Maybe is the wild card on our menu. There are no strict guidelines for it. Instead it is a celebration of emergent or underrepresented origins, or perhaps a sensory profile that veers far from its regional expectations, or simply it is a lot that is delightfully surprising! We call it contingency in a cup because the flavour profile presents what is 'neither necessary, nor impossible', which is also part of what makes coffee so fun. As Björk says in her song Possibly Maybe, "uncertainty excites me" because "who knows what is going to happen?"
ORIGIN:
The Valverde-Aramayo’s Rosita farm is located in the beautiful Illimani area. The farm covers 32 acres and grows Java, Catuai, Geisha, Typica, and Pink Bourbon. The area is incredibly lush with neighboring lots housing fruit farms with oranges, tangerines and limes. Thanks to the Municipality of Caranavi and Bolivia’s Central Government programs’, coffee has become an integral part of Caranavi’s culture and identity. A key outcome is more experimental approaches to growing and alternative processing methods, like this four day low-oxygen fermentation!
FLAVOUR:
Bolivia is one of those regions that do not appear on enough menus, especially when there are such unique experimental lots like this gem from the Valverde-Aramayo family! It has a really sugary and creamy profile, that opens on a nice sticky red cherry note, think grenadine or berry syrup. There is a great deal of chocolate flavours that give way to a complex finish with black currant, rose hip, and even a little spicy nutmeg notes that linger long.
Light-Medium.
Grenadine, Black Currant & Chocolate Cupcake.
REGION:
Illimani, Caranavi.
FARM:
VARIETAL:
Catuai.
ELEVATION:
1350-1740m.
PROCESS:
Low Oxygen Anaerobic & Washed.
IMPORTER:
Aleco at Red Fox Merchants.
FOB PRICING:
$12.90 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest from the Valverde-Aramay family